Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-26
CHAT
with George II. r. Cockburn, Esq , oil
Toronto. Canada.

AoEoatop SeAhoNo
Mr.. George r. +. Cockburn, of Toronto,
Canada, has been a frequent visitor to
Wheeling, being interested in the Hamp-
den Zane estate here. Mr.. Cockburn
arrived in the city again yes
terday and. placed his auto
graph on the Mcclure House register,
being called hither on business connected
with the recent destruction by fire OF the
Zane property on Main street. He comes
TO Wheeling this time vested with the
right TO sign NJ. p. after his name, he
having just been elected to the Canadian
House of Commons from his district, by
what is called an overwhelming majority
in English politics. Mr.. Cockburn looks
every inch an Englishman, and a n
looking one, being tall, we'll built, with
silyered curly hair and ~flowingside whlsk-
ers of the same color. He is a genial gen.
tleman and an entertaining conversation
alist, and relates some very interesting
"reminiscences ofthe recent campaign when,
he SAYS, was one of the most bitter anu
hotly contested ever waged in Canada.
His opponent was a POLITICIAN of expert
ence, while he was entirely new to the
business, this being his first exPer-
fence as = candidate for pub
lie preferment. His election makes
makes him representative of Central 10,
rontO, which embraces the two principal
wards, and which socially are diametricai-
ly opposite, one being the section in whicn
the greater part of the wealth Of the city
is located, while the other is composed
almost entirely of the working classes.
Thus he represents capital and labor IN It's
EXTREMIST forms.
'Our campaigns are conducted in an en-
tirely different manner from yours, Said
Mr.. Cockburn. ''In Canada q candldate
is not allowed to treat q irlen1
to so much as a glass o
beer during the contest. L
remember on one occasion | invited q
friend into a restaurant to take a lunch' ana
when we were through l, of course, prof
fered pay, but he prevented Inc ana set
tied the bill himself, informing me that 10
even so much as pay for that small iunch
would invalidate my election. The laws
are very strict in this respect and a candl-
date cannot hire carriages on election day,
or even commission a friend to do so. In
fact he cannot borrow a friends carriage
nor suggest to him the ACCESSIBILITY oil 1t
being used, unless he would be willing to
swear. on taking the oath OF Office,
to a falsehood. But of course ones
friends understands the needs and
relief for these structures and act
accordingly, unsolicited. There was a very
fierce fight made against the National pol
ily, but its opposers, whose constituency
is composed OF the lower class OF French
Canadians, who are embittered at RlePs
execution. were defeated, and the COnser-
natives still have q majority otthlrty-seVen
to work with.
what do you think of the fishery ques-
tion?'
,"Oh, we haven't had time to think much
about that vet. We didn't want to take
ND the question before the campaign, and
during the excitement incident upon 1t, the
question was pretty we'll lost sight OF. VI
course we will demand our rights and III
sist upon them being enforced, but there Is
no excitement over the matter, except
among the fishermen along the coast. We
shall attend to the matter now that the
elections are over, but in the meantime we
have no thought of war;" =
Mr.. Cockburn will remain in the city
until this afternoon, when he expects to
leave for home.